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TWO NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JULY 28, 1948 Loans on Homes FOR LESS Repay at any Tima Without Penalty UMPQUA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN. Battle Against Infantile Paralysis Resembles Hunt for Unknown Killer; Death Toll Mounts With Hot Weather By RICHARD KLEINER I NEA StafI Correspondent ! CLEVELAND. O. Authorities here have thrown a tight cordon around a ilum area where one of the most vidoui killeri In history ; ii holed up. t In his latest onslaught, the ! fiend attacked two families living around the corner from each ! other. In one humble home, he turned on six of eight children, ! killing one and sending the other 'live to the hospital. In the other, t three of seven children were vie , tims, winding up in hospital cots. J The area Is one of tumble down shacks and vacant lots, "overgrown with weeds and In fested with rats. Usually, the killer had preferred to do his evil work in better-class sections. Killer Works Fast As soon as the first victim, five-year-old Tommy Ray, was admitted to the hospital, auth orities immediately began the usual routine Investigation. The attacker was quickly identified, since he had left unmistakable evidence of his Dresence. Within the next few hours, five of Tommy's brothers and listers were taken to tne nospuai. ine authorities quickly ordered a full- scale investigation, surrounaeu the area, set to work. Thev searched for clues every where in the house itself, In the vacant lot next door, In the whole section. They probed the little stores ana nomes, asxing me same questions over and over again, trying to find out how the killer had gotten in. Then the killer attacked the Zimmerman home. An hour after 14-year-old Lois Ray died in City Hospital, the first of the three Zimmerman children was brought in. Plaved Toaethsr The authorities had a new road to investigate. Had the two fam ilies know each other? Yes, they had. The children had often played together In the same playground. The questioners rushed to the playground. Perhaps here was the clue they sought. They turned the place upside-down, looking always for the elusive little murderer. Little? Yes, they know he is little. He's so small that he can sneak ud without arousing suspt cion. In fact, even science's most powerful microscopes can't ex pose a trace of him. The killer is a virus. It Is the virus of infantile pa ralvsis. alias Dollomyelltis. What Cleveland's Investigators GIVE YOUR TYPEWRITER A CHANCE To Perform Liko Naw! .PHONE 989-J Well put new life in your type writer in a Jiffy clean, adjust and make all necessary repairs. Yes, we repair ADDING MACHINES All KEN'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT . , S. Stephens They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo 1 KJHT PROMOTER rfCHlZZLE EaDGEPED . I RlCVfLF RENKN INTO A SMALLER CUT : THE GATE WITH A LINE LIKE THIS WIN -SOU AIMT EVEN WORTH B WM PER CENT. LET ALONE THE 20 I'M l&V GWIN" VOL) OUTA THE BIGNESS OF r MW HEART. VOU'RE PRACTICAL J WASHED UP. AFTER THAT SHELLACKING VOU took FBOM BROGAN.VOU OUGHTA RKf TO GET IN MV ARENA- SK5N,QUia,BEF0GE CHANGE Mv MIND mwm jmilT AFTE2 THE POCC GIN HAD SkSNED JW0W! HOW KCHIZZLE CHANGED HIS TUNC HM IHtWtSi BlOtClE BENNV-NEXT CHAMPEEN-GCEATESr FIGHTER EVER LIVED- GOT A TON OF DVNAMITE IN EACH HAND-MATCHED WITH CAWASBAOX AQHCA-WHATA BOUT -TERRIFIC, Hy M BPOGAN , FIGHT?- OH, HEH-HEH -AM iCQDENT , -THE BOYS BUMPED THEIR HEADS AN-, -v-AN-UH--- For-Venetian Blinds Drape Screeni Window Shades f Compart Fro Estimates . ROSEBURG VENETIAN ILIND FACTORY (IS N. Jaokson and Investigators all over the U. S. are searching for is the answer to a question that still baffles science "What transmits the polio virus?" Health authori ties throughout the nation are interested In the outcome of this intensive combing of the killer's hideout. Seldom has the killer polio struck down so many peo ple in such a concentrated area in such a short time. When Tommy Ray first came to the attention of the Health Department, a routine investiga tion was ordered. The movements of each member of the lamuy were traced back three weeks. Had thev been swimming? Had they been on a picnic? What had they eaten? Where had they hnnirht II? When the other Rays and the Zimmerman caught the disease, a systematic survey of the area began. They checked sanitation and refrigeration In the homes. They checked the rat population, found plenty in the lot next to the Ray home and In the Zim merman's basement. At the playground, they took the precautions of disconnecting the drlnklne fountain and remov ing the sandbox. They made teals on the Dlaveround's toilets. They checked and double-checked nearby movies, oeacnea ana narks. As often happens in major crime mysteries, local authorities have called on outside experts. Dr. Thomas Francis. Jr., univer sity of Michigan authority on virus diseases, has been asked by Cleveland Health Commission er Harold J. Knapp to Join a polio posse consisting; of the president of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine: the chairman of the Academy's public health commit tee; representatives of the Na- Toastmasters Hear Talks On Various Topics ' Carl Felker. Sam Reed, Phil Harth and John Patton were speakers at the weekly Toast masters Club meeting Tuesday night in the Umpqua Hotel, with Jim Turk serving as toaitmaster. Felker, local attorney, In a bio graphical sketch, described his early life as the son of a Regular Army officer. As a boy he saw New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and other states. After his Da rents settled at Estacada, he enrolled at Willamette Univer sity and later completed nis eau ration in law at Portland. "Dangerous Ground" was Reed's topic, in which he stated reference to unions, politics or religion places a person on dan gerous eround. He spoke favor ably 01 sincere union memoers and stated that persons who blame unions in general are vic tims of antiunion propaganda. He pointed out that, while some unions have been the scene of Communistic activity, the great maloritv of union members are sincere, hard-working folks who: have the interest 'of their com munities at heart. Methods of transportation and cultivation of the ancient Aztecs. the looting of their culture anil their eventual extinction were described by Phil Harth. speak-1 ng on the suoject, "xacnimiico, ; in area of Mexico. He described The Floating Gardens." a natu ral phenomena, as well as other wondrous sights In that country. The Flving Squad, a term used to describe a specialized crew of the Marina shipyards In San Francisco, was Fatton s suo ject. Patton superintendent of the crew, aescrioea smpouuaing J lil .... ; m rrn m HAVE HEALTHFUL, CLEAN HOT WATER FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS . . . Lonf-Utting protection from tank rust is yours with Fowler. 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A vote of thanks was extended President Wayne Crooch for his supervision of the charter ban quet the proceeding week. Assignments for the meeting August 3 include: Harrison Win ston, toastmaster; Dick Hershleb, topicmaster; s p e a k e r s, oienn Newcomb and Pete Serafln. The critic will be Dr. S. L. DeLapp. Yoncalla Funeral Set For Mrs. Henry R. Parks Mrs. Henry R. Parks, 77. died Tuesday at a Eugene hosu.Ul after a long illness. She had been residing at Cottage Grove prior to her hospitalization. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 30, at 2 p.m. at the Yoncalla Methodist Church. Stearns Mor tuary at Oakland la in charge. Code Revision Need Discussed af Bar Association Meet . Code revision was the principal Item of discussion at the Douglas County Bar Association meeting at Club 99 Monday night Ken neth J. OConnell, professor at the University of Oregon School of Law and chairman of the code revision committee of the Oregon State Bar, was present and dis cussed proposed changes. The group votea unanimously a resolution to Joseph A. McKeown, VIMUl Ulan Ul mc ,iuniaiu vuiu- miuee lor ine vregun oihic Dai convention Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1 1 and 2 at Coos Bay, that Robert K. Cullen, Kentucky, be invited to the convention to speak on code revision. Cullen is in charge of code revision in that state. It was generally recognized by the members that the Oregon code needs revision, reported Har old Wayman, vice-president who presided in the absence of Presi dent Harrison Winston. Changes especially in indexing are recom mended, he said. Committee appointments an nounced by Wayman in behalf of the president include: library. George Luoma, chairman, Carl Felker, Ed Murphy and Judge Carl E. Wimberly; minimum fees committee, J. V. Long, chairman, Kay B. compton, fcpencer rates and Fred Bernau; unauthorized practice of law, Avery Thompson, chairman, William D. Green and R. L. Whipple; establishing a dis trict court, A. NT Orcutt, chair man. Paul Geddes and D. R. Dim- ick. George Luoma was appointed In charge of the program for the next meeting. The Santa Fe Trail, when It was known as the "Mexican Trace" led from the woodlands of Missouri over the prairies, plain deserts and mountains to the capital of New Mexico. More than 100 kinds of birds have become extinct during the last two centuries. AUTO-TRUCK FIRE General Liability ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SAVING MONEY? Fire Insurance on the increased value of your home and household effects costs $6.00 per $1,000.00. Insure now, tomorrow may be too late! Paul H. Krueger District Agent 636 S. 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